Donna Burke holding Shine On concert in Tokyo

Game vocalist Donna Burke will hold be holding two performances of the "Shine On!" concert in Tokyo on April 13. Taking place at the Akasaka Kumin Center Hall at 1:00 and 5:00 pm, the event will be showcasing songs from Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, Tales of Legendia, and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker.

Magical Chase music samples on Basiscape website

Tokyo-based music studio Basiscape has added to their store page five music samples from the soundtrack to PC engine shooter Magical Chase, composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masaharu Iwata for Quest in 1991. The 26-track album was released on Sakimoto's birthday, including seven new arrangements by Basiscape staff.

Runner 2 EP by Disasterpeace on Bandcamp

Five songs gracing the retro mode levels of Bit.Trip Presents Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien have been made available to stream in full through the Bandcamp page of Fez composer Rich Vreeland (Disasterpeace). The album comes with Android and iPhone ringtones, NSF files and Famitracker source files

Prof.Sakamoto's March 17 show live on Ustream

Professor Sakamoto's March 17 installment of Prof.Sakamoto's Game Music Show is currently streaming live from Tokyo, via Ustream. The latest installment of keyboard game arrangements, featuring music from Xenogears and Ogre Battle, is the artist's first, post-salaryman status, as a full-time musician.

Alex Mauer's TV Music featured on Penny Arcade TV

Alex Mauer, the composer on Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 role-playing game, has published the album TV Muzik through Bandcamp. The master list of which tracks for this chip music collection belong to which episode of Penny Arcade TV: The Series can be viewed on alexmauer.com.

Eirik Suhrke releases Ridiculous Fishing soundtrack

Super Crate Box and Spelunky composer Eirik Suhrke (also known as Phlogiston) has published the 14-track soundtrack to the recently released Ridiculous Fishing, available to stream in full through Bandcamp. The 2012 IGF Best Mobile Game finalist was developed by Vlambeer for iPhone and iPad devices.

Monster Hunter orgel arrange samples on Cap'stone

Sound samples from the second orgel arrange album reinterpreting music from the Monster Hunter series are now streaming on the Cap'stone sound team webpage. Monster Hunter Orgel Arrange: Recollections of the Sound of Waves features ten music box pieces arranged by sound designer Naoaki Jimbo.

IndieCade responds to copyright notice

IndieCade has responded to a copyright notice for unauthorized use of our photographs appearing in their promotional materials. Festival staff had reached out to us for use of our images, agreed to credit the photographer in all instances of use, then downloaded and posted the images without crediting the source.

Nobuo Uematsu's Fantasy Life soundtrack samples

The Avex record label has uploaded 14 samples from the two-disc soundtrack to Level-5's Fantasy Life for the Nintendo 3DS portable console. The original score is composed by Final Fantasy series composer Nobuo Uematsu and features arrangements by Tsutomu Narita and Michio Okamiya of the Earthbound Papas band.

Dr. Awkward gives Ocarina of Time nerdcore treatment

Nerdcore rapper Dr. Awkward joined hip-hop artist Mega Ran on this winter's NES in the West tour. The musician today posted his eight-track Zelda: The Ocarina of Time cover album, entitled "Boy Without a Fairy" to Bandcamp, available to download in your file format of choice for "name your price."

Bit Summit flickr photo set online

Over forty photographs by Jeriaska have been uploaded to our Bit Summit flickr photo set. The independent games media event, taking place on March 9 at the FANJ Hall in Kyoto, Japan, was directed by Q-Games producer James Mielke and featured keynotes by the directors of Tokyo Jungle and Deadly Premonition.

Keiichi Okabe of NieR scores Drakengard 3

Square Enix has partnered with Deadly Premonition developer Access Games on the forthcoming publication of Drakengard 3 for PlayStation 3. NieR and Drakengard director Yoko Taro is heading development, while music for the action role-playing game is being contributed by NieR composer Keiichi Okabe.

Mega Ran's March Time and Space covers Castlevania

Mega Ran's March edition of the Time and Space hip-hop EP series, entitled "Mach's Principle," covers music from Castlevania, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Zelda: A Link to the Past. Ideas for the ongoing rap remix project's future installments can be sent to megaranfans at gmail.

OC ReMix's Milky Way Wishes a Kirby Super Star tribute

Online game arrangement community OverClocked ReMix has released the compilation Milky Way Wishes: A Kirby Super Star Tribute for free download in mp3 format. Co-directed by Drew Wheeler (halc), the two-disc album features arrangements by Benjamin Briggs, Mazedude, Hylian Lemon and Brandon Strader.

Pixel Perfect Micro listening party streaming online

9-bit Records netlabel founder Drew Wheeler (halc) has released a new album, entitled Pixel Perfect Micro. The eight-track album composed utilizing Game Boy and LSDJ software is currently streaming on game arranger Benjamin Briggs' TwitchTV channel, can be heard in full on Bandcamp and downloaded for "name your price."

Super Metroid Memories radio drama and cover album

Super Metroid Memories by Hyde209 bridges radio drama and cover album, mixing voice acting narration and vocal track arrangements by Thomas Johansson. Guitar accompaniment and mastering for the highly collaborative Bandcamp project is contributed by game-inspired Swedish rock artist Mutherpluckin' B.

DmC: Vergil's Downfall score on SoundCloud

Downloadable content for Ninja Theory's DmC: Devil May Cry, titled "Vergil's Downfall," features Dante's brother as the playable character. The chapter's one-hour score was written over the course of one week by Tomb Raider composer Jason Graves, and is now available to stream in full through SoundCloud.

ThePlasmas' Holy Whiplash honors Castlevania 1 & 2

Mauricio Plasma of the ThePlasmas cover band, based in Valparaiso, Chile, has previously released albums arranging hard rock covers of themes from Little Nemo: The Dream Master and Mega Man. Holy Whiplash, a new nineteen-track tribute album, honors the music of 8-bit Nintendo action titles Castlevania 1 & 2.

Chipocrite's 8-Bit Lebowski: 100% Electronic

Chip musician Chipocrite, a.k.a. Paul Weinstein, has released 8-Bit Lebowski: 100% Electronic, arranged for Game Boy running LSDJ. Coinciding with the 15th anniversary of the Coen Brothers movie, the tribute album contains six licensed cover songs by Bob Dylan, Kenny Rogers, Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Gipsy Kings.

Dj Cutman shares Lost Beats & Found Friends tracks

Today is the birthday of GameChops netlabel founder Dj Cutman, and the musician is marking the occasion with the release of a compilation titled "Lost Beats & Found Friends." Available for "name your price" on Bandcamp, the album features the participation musicians of Benjamin Briggs, Ben Landis and Smiletron.